Water-tank attachment for wagons.



No. 889,270. PATENTE-D JUNE 2, 1908. E. STONE.

WATER TANK ATTACHMENT FOR WAGONS.

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EDWARD STONE, OF FORT RILEY, KANSAS.

WATER-TANK ATTACHMENT FOB WAGONS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 2, 1908.

Application filed October 10, 1907. Serial No. 396,869.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD STONE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Riley, in the county of Geary and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in VVater-Tank Attachments for I/Vagons, of which the following is a specification. I

My invention relates to a water tank vattachment for field and like wagons and particularly contemplates the provision of a novel construction of water tank together with novel means, carried in part by said tank and in part by the wagon, for attaching said tank thereto.

My invention further and specifically resides in the following features of construction, arrangement and operation as will be hereinafter described with reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which like numerals are used to designate like parts throughout the several figures, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a wagon body illustrating my improvements attached thereto, Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof, Fig. 3 is a cross section therethrough taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A represents the side of a wagon body and B represents the base thereof, said wagon being of any desired character, although my improvements are directed more especially to field wagons.

In the practical embodiment of my invention I extend transverse supports C beneath the wagon body, slightly beyond the side A and providing the same with a supporting beam 1 between the ends thereof and spaced beam C between the supporting beam 1 of the side A of the wagon.

The water tank 4 is composed of the back board 3 as described, and a curved frame 5 of vertically arranged and interfitting tongue and grooved boards, having a base 6 and a top 7 snugly fitting within said frame and within the recesses formed in said vertical boards 5 and said back board 3. The boards forming the water tank 4 are preferably of a hard wood, and the top 7 is preferably provided with a removable plug 8 anchored by a chain 9, and by which ice and water may be inserted within the tank. A faucet or the like 10 secured within the lower portion of the tank forms the means for dispensing the water. The frame 5 is provided with encircling metallic brace bands 11 having their ends flattened upon and secured to the back board 3, and while said frame, will under all ordinary conditions, be held securely upon the wagon by means of the seating of its back board 3 as previously described, I preferably provide the same with heavy straps 14 or the like extending between retaining bars 12 and eye-loops 13 carried by the vertical supporting beams 2 of the wagon body, said straps 14 beingprovidedwith buckles by which the same maybe adjusted to tightly impress and hold the water tank 4 in positlon.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim:

In a device of the character described, the combination with a wagon provided in its side with vertical. guides and with supporting beams extending beyond said sides from the base thereof, of a suitably constructed water tank having a back boardextending beyond the edges thereof and adapted for engagement within said guides and upon said supporting beams, and a plurality of retaining elements extending between said guides and adjustable to tightly impress said tank, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' EDWARD STONE.

Witnesses:

CHAS. R. RUFFELL, J. R. JEFFERIS. 

